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Re:direct download links - "illegal download - 2008/02/07 09:20
QuickDown will give you a link, or for that matter you can use the download link produced by Remository in the lists of files. But it isn't a direct link.
Why not? Because if you offer a direct link ANYWHERE then it is wide open to abuse since anyone can use it to make YOUR files available from THEIR sites at no cost to them in bandwidth.
It is not safe to rely on IP addresses as you could have problems both ways - refusing legitimate downloads and allowing illegitimate ones - IP addresses can be faked, proxied, etc.
But if you really want to make files freely available, it isn't too hard to modify Remository to do that.
Post edited by: counterpoint, at: 2008/02/07 09:21
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